Noa and Eliana's Observations

Eliana: Mrs. Friedrich took the cloth with the chrysalises out of the butterfly house. She put them in a magnifying box. I saw some red and yellow stuff on them. I also saw the chrysalises open.

Noa: The chrysalises have a lot of spikes on them. They are pretty clear and see-through. The butterflies have started to drink the nectar. The butterflies are flapping their wings and starting to fly.

Ryan and Jake's Observations

Ryan: There are 11 butterflies! One butterfly died while he was trying to get out of his cocoon. They are all very pretty. I think they are going to drink the nectar.

Jake: I saw one of the butterflies flying! Five of the butterflies were flapping their wings. They are all the same kind. They look orange and black.

Sasha and Lucas' Observations

Sasha: When I came in this morning, most of the butterflies were out of their chrysalises. They were walking on the walls of the butterfly house.

Lucas: The butterflies are black, orange and gray. I see a little white, too. Some of the butterflies are closing their wings.

Sasha: One of the butterflies is trying to come out of the chrysalis. It is hanging onto the other chrysalis, but I don't think it is going to make it. Mrs. Friedrich said we can give it more time, but she doesn't think it will make it either.

Lifecycle K'nex

Today we had a chance to demonstrate our knowledge of different life cycles using very cool K'nex! Everyone had a blast creating them and it was a great exercise in teamwork! Check out what we made!

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All finished!

Juniper and Joel's Observations

Juniper: A butterfly was born this morning! I saw it moving a second ago. It looked like one of it's legs was moving up a little bit.

Joel: The empty cocoon is a light beige color. You can see through it. When the butterfly moved it was super duper cool. The butterfly is really pretty.

Juniper: I see black, a little bit of red and some beige.

Joel: Earlier this morning, I saw the butterfly rolling out it's tongue and wrapping it back up.

Henry and Dylan's Observations

Henry: The cocoons look like they are ready, but I'm not sure when the butterflies will be here.

Dylan: I think the butterflies will be here next week. Nothing is really happening. They are sometimes a little shaky, but they aren't really doing anything.

Eliana's Observations

No much happened over the weekend. I didn't think we would see any butterflies today. I think they might come this week. The cocoons look brown with yellow dots.